livingart Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 woke up yesterday morning to a tank full of these sorry for the blurry photo mum and dad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 :bounce: yay :bounce: horses are the coolest in all types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 yolk sack lasts about 24 hrs, but they are eating BBS already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 im gna want some of those babys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 Congrats on the babies Sure looks like you have lots! Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 i used to keep seahorses when i was at primary school a long time before i knew what a skimmer or a chiller was . i had them for about 2 yrs had 17 of them and a little skate shrimps a few small estuary fish and a few crabs . the seahorses gave birth probably 30 times (quite cool to watch) however no young ever survived . the first thing they do is go to the surface to fill up their air bladder or something then they grab hold of something normally each other preventing 1s that havent surfaced from doing so killing them they tend to form little rafts which unfortunatly makes it easier for other inhabitants to pick them off. the next thing that tends to kill them is bbs egg shells they choke on these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob73 Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 i will take some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 I want some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Us too! Would LOVE a pair oneday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Hi All, Are they in a heated tank or straight out room temp, Cold Water? :oops: If they are tropical, I'll take a few if they come up to size for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 I love how he hasn't even said he wants to get rid of them and everyone's claiming them! I wish I could have some, but I have no tanks for them and no idea what I'm doing with marine anythings :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 hippocampus abdominalis, local coldwater i don't run a chiller on them hard to raise, caught me on the hop in amongst everything else took about a 100 back to the habour today, kept about 50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 They kinda look like worms. Do the parents care for them at all, or just leave them? Are they egg layers? (showing my ignorance for all things in salt!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 males carry eggs, give birth to live young never seen a male eat one, but have seen females do it i fill tank with live mysis, gets them into breeding condition have babies in 900 litre tank with slow flow through sump heaps of air stones on medium flow just need to keep live food up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Thanks livingart I've never understood how males are male seahorses if they carry the eggs and give birth to the babies...? Someone, please help this make sense in my head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 having a baby doesnt make you a female, it is having ovaries or testicles females lay eggs in the males pouch now i don't know why the males incubate the young maybe god is a women Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Oh, I kinda thought that the males develop the eggs too. That makes more sense! Thanks for explaining! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsurfs Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Well I guess that should quench my salthirsty request for new seahorse pics! :lol: dang, all those ones you released could have easily appeased all the eager requests here! and a lot of people would have learned how hard they really are to raise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 wow very cool, not something 1 sees everyday u must have the magic touch ae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 no magic touch just providing the right environment and food seems to work hard thing is working out what the right environment is sometimes or the trigger food that gets them going height of tank, quality of water and plenty of live food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carznkats Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 Nice one Mark! you do such a good job with them! and i love it that you return some back to the wild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 how are the seahorses going mark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 lost the first lot to a weedfish i had overlooked in the tank the glass shrimps had a feed as well removed the nasties and second lot of young are growing well hard time keeping the brine shrimp up to them should be ready in another 8 weeks or so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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